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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. abbreviate, n. View full entry 1531
...Chiefly Sc. A condensed account of something; an abridgement; a summary; an abstract. Now Sc. Law: a brief notice registering a decree of adjudication (adjudication3a)...
3. absolvitor, n. View full entry 1547
...A decree or decision of a court in favour of a defendant in an action. Also as postmodifier. In later use only in decree of absolvitor. Cf. condemnator...
4. accession, n. View full entry 1551
...Something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation. Also: a person who joins a group of others....
5. accord, v. View full entry lOE
...trans....
6. accresce, v. View full entry 1535
...intr. Chiefly with to in early use. To increase by accretion, grow up....
7. actual, adj. and n. View full entry c1350
...Chiefly Theol. Characteristic of or relating to acts or action; exhibited in or arising from deeds; practical, active. Now chiefly in actual grace and actual sin....
8. adducer, n. View full entry 1681
...A person who adduces a †witness (obs.), fact, statement, etc....
9. ad factum praestandum, adv. View full entry 1684
...With reference to a court order, decree, etc.: such that a particular task or action must be performed. Later also occas. (with reference to a legal action): in pursuit of a such...
10. adhere, v. View full entry 1461-2
...Usu. with to....
11. adherence, n. View full entry 1449-50
...Attachment to a person, party, or cause; steadfast support; loyalty, allegiance. Also occas.: an instance of this....
12. adject, v. View full entry ?a1475
...trans. To join on, to annex (a territory). Obs....
13. adjecting, n. View full entry a1649
...The action of adding or appending something; addition....
14. adjournal, n. View full entry 1489
...Sc. Law....
15. adjudger, n. View full entry 1682
...Sc.Law. A person in whose favour an adjudication (adjudication3a) is granted....
16. adjudging, adj. View full entry 1705
...That adjudges (in various senses of the verb); that provides adjudication....
17. adjudication, n. View full entry 1570
...The action or process of adjudicating or adjudging; an act of determining, settling, or awarding something judicially, or by a similar legal or official process....
18. adminicle, n. View full entry 1551
...Something which provides help or assistance, esp. in a subordinate or supporting capacity; an aid, an accessory; an adjunct. Freq. with to. Now rare....
19. adminiculate, v. View full entry ?1532
...trans. To help, support; (esp. in Sc. Law) to support by corroborative evidence, to show corroborative evidence for....
20. administrator, n. View full entry 1434
...Law....
